# Dan Dickinson: The Primary Vivid Weblog
> Struggling with the dark and responding to the light.
Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context.
Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`).

## Pages
- [About Dan](https://www.vjarmy.com/about-dan.md) - Dan Dickinson lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. He loves nostalgia, introspection, and cocktails.
- [Clippings](https://www.vjarmy.com/clippings.md) - While this blog has always been my primary writing channel, I have written for other outlets off and on over the years. Below is a general collection of clippings from other places I've written. Tech Writing Mac OS X Panther Hacks - adapted my first Quicksilver tutorial for a chapter in the book. M…
- [Food & Drink Guides](https://www.vjarmy.com/food-drink-guides.md) - Over the years, I’ve built a decent reputation for being knowledgeable about good places to eat or drink. I frequently get "Do you know of a good..." texts from friends, and the truth is I keep lists handy to make this easier on myself. Beli Around the time that Foursquare / Swarm decided to stop p…
- [Socials](https://www.vjarmy.com/socials.md) - As a frequent lover of new internet things, I am many other places than just my own website. Here's a quick list of where I'm currently active, last updated February 2026. Bluesky - @vjarmy.com Discord - @remyvja Instagram - @remydwd (personal photos) + @ringside.remy (wrestling photos) Steam - Rem…

## Posts
- [July 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/july-2026.md) - Memories of memories.
- [Taigastyle](https://www.vjarmy.com/taigastyle.md) - Balconies, birthdays, and bloodbaths.
- [By Appointment To No One Person](https://www.vjarmy.com/by-appointment-to-no-one-person.md) - On writing voice; on bars; on loss; on holding on to things.
- [Independents Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/independents-day.md) - July 4th! Coney Island! Natural light!
- [June 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/june-2026.md) - The narrative's a product, like any other part is...
- [Sky High](https://www.vjarmy.com/sky-high.md) - The birth of Produce Wrestling in Brooklyn.
- [May 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/may-2026.md) - Somewhere Right Now In The Future
- [AEW Double or Nothing](https://www.vjarmy.com/aew-double-or-nothing.md) - Bang bang.
- [A Night At Sukeban](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-night-at-sukeban.md) - If wrestling is fake, then explain this.
- [Retirement FC Rides Again](https://www.vjarmy.com/retirement-fc-rides-again.md) - Mark your calendars for a questionable guest appearance.
- [April 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/april-2026.md) - What do you mean, April is over?
- [Vegas 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/vegas-2026.md) - Freed from desire, mind and senses purified.
- [The Immortal Clusterfuck](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-im.md) - The most insane annual event in wrestling, plus a Collective epilogue.
- [Big Gay Brunch 11](https://www.vjarmy.com/big-gay-brunch-11.md) - The protagonist retires.
- [Spring Break X](https://www.vjarmy.com/sp.md) - It's Friday night, you know what that means.
- [The Final Bloodsport](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-final.md) - Does going to five of these make me an expert?
- [Good Lucha Things](https://www.vjarmy.com/good-lucha-things.md) - The world of lucha libre.
- [TJPW Live In Vegas 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/tjpw-live-in-vegas-2026.md) - Startto~!
- [Death In Vegas](https://www.vjarmy.com/death-in-vegas.md) - An invitation to violence.
- [The Worst Show All Week](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-worst-show-all-week.md) - We can try, we can believe, we can dream...to be the worst.
- [Starting with Whatever](https://www.vjarmy.com/starting-with-whatever.md) - Pandemonium for my first Vegas 2026 show.
- [WrestlePro X](https://www.vjarmy.com/wrestlepro-x.md) - Greetings from Rahway.
- [Doubling Up at The Garden](https://www.vjarmy.com/doubling-up-at-the-garden.md) - Friendship wins the day.
- [March 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/march-2026.md) - Making my own magic.
- [February 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/february-2026.md) - Sometimes the shit breaks you.
- [MSCHF's "20,000 Variations On a Paper Plane in Flight"](https://www.vjarmy.com/mschfs-20-000-variations-on-a-paper-plane-in-flight.md) - May I continue to choose, and tell the universe who I am.
- [New Sleep No More Book](https://www.vjarmy.com/new-sleep-no-more-book.md) - A quick recommendation for "The Psychgeist of Pop Culture - Sleep No More".
- [Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Blog](https://www.vjarmy.com/eternal-sunshine-of-a-spotless-blog.md) - Nearing the 26th anniversary of this blog, a restart.
- [Matt Doyle Released By MLS](https://www.vjarmy.com/matt-doyle-released-by-mls.md) - A clown-shoes decision from a clown-shoes league.
- [JCW Jersey J-Cup 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/jersey-j-cup-2026.md) - Nothing hits like J-Cup weekend.
- [JCW SuperPower Slam](https://www.vjarmy.com/superpower-slam.md) - A great time for a great cause.
- [January 2026](https://www.vjarmy.com/january-2026-in-photos.md) - We have ourselves a shakedown.
- [John Paul Brammer: "Imagine a cheeseburger."](https://www.vjarmy.com/imagine-a-cheeseburger.md) - "You no doubt have memories. Be rid of them."
- [Games of 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2025.md) - Finding joy in the margins for another year.
- [2025 In Photos](https://www.vjarmy.com/2025-in-photos.md) - Nothing matters. Smile anyway.
- [December 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/december-2025-in-20-photos.md) - Good, cause you’re going.
- [November 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/november-2025-in-photos.md) - [*waves hands like he’s badly juggling*]
- [AEW Full Gear 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/aew-full-gear-2025.md) - Another night on the corner of the ramp.
- [Los Angeles, November 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/los-angeles-november-2025.md) - Sometimes it all works out.
- [October 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/october-2025-in-photos.md) - Things are gonna change.
- [ACW 52W Hardway](https://www.vjarmy.com/acw-52w-hardway.md) - 52W Hardway wasn’t a long time, but it was a culture clashing good time.
- [September 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/september-2025-in-photos.md) - Factory settings restored.
- [Cannonball Fest](https://www.vjarmy.com/cannonball-fest.md) - The loudly beating heart of independent pro wrestling.
- [August 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/august-2025-in-photos.md) - These 2025 metaphors are really on the nose lately.
- [Maine, August 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/maine-august-2025.md) - Six days in Maine.
- [DPW Beast Coast](https://www.vjarmy.com/dpw-beast-coast.md) - A final skeewoah.
- [Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XIV](https://www.vjarmy.com/josh-barnetts-bloodspoort-xiv.md) - Back to the Williams Center.
- [July 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/july-2025-in-photos.md) - Sorry, I will not be taking any questions about the Bub Club.
- [June 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/july-2025-in-photos-2.md) - You know what, I think I’m good, thanks.
- [Molly White: "It matters. I care."](https://www.vjarmy.com/molly-white-it-matters-i-care.md) - "Truth matters. Documentation matters. Fighting corruption matters. That accountability seems out of reach right now doesn’t change that."
- [May 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/may-2025-in-photos.md) - How it's supposed to feel.
- [May 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/may-2024.md) - May only want to remember the good parts of this month.
- [London, May 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/london-may-2025.md) - The photographic memories of a week in London (and a bit beyond).
- [April 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/april-2025.md) - This is just a sly way of saying “we will dump a body in the woods”, right?
- [Vegas, 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/vegas-trip-2025.md) - My heart is full after four days in Sin City with the two best travel companions I could ask for.
- [GCW vs. TJPW vs. DDT](https://www.vjarmy.com/gcw-vs-tjpw-vs-ddt.md) - My sixth and final Collective 2025 show.
- [Effy's Big Gay Brunch 10](https://www.vjarmy.com/effys-big-gay-brunch-10.md) - Every Big Gay Brunch could be the last. This one was really special.
- [Joey Janela's Spring Break 9](https://www.vjarmy.com/joey-janelas-spring-break-9.md) - At least no one died?
- [TJPW Live In Las Vegas](https://www.vjarmy.com/tjpw-live-in-las-vegas.md) - To know TJPW is to love wrestling.
- [Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XIII](https://www.vjarmy.com/josh-barnetts-bloodsport-xiii.md) - My third trip to a ring with no ropes.
- [WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/wrestlecon-mark-hitchcock-memorial-supershow-2025.md) - Wearing this show like a terrible badge of honor.
- [March 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/march-2025-in-20-ph.md) - Questionable attempts at smiling through it all.
- [NXT Roadblock](https://www.vjarmy.com/nxt-roadblock.md) - Two perfect hours of wrestling.
- [February 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/february-2025-in-photos.md) - To have made it this far is to be exhausted by it all.
- [Remembering Adrian Purser](https://www.vjarmy.com/remembering-adrian-purser.md) - Hard to find the right words on a day like this.
- [January 2025](https://www.vjarmy.com/january-2025-in-photos.md) - A brief period of reflection.
- [December 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/december-2024-in-photos.md) - December: lighting it up, wrong sides, snuggle bugs, breakfast pizzas, entertainment purposes, food truck typos, dressed-up buildings, full combos, memorable service, soup dumplings, high highs, thoughtful straws, light shows, data transfers, big wins, urban cowboys, political prisoners, great curr…
- [Hidden Gaming Gems of 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/hidden-gaming-gems-of-2024.md) - I'd rather focus this year on the titles closer to the margins and the tiny releases that are easy to miss if someone isn't directly telling you about them.
- [ROH Final Battle 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/roh-final-battle-2024.md) - My 19th show of 2024.
- [Dark Sheik: "Say What's In Your Heart"](https://www.vjarmy.com/say-whats-in-your-heart.md) - "Say what's in your heart. Make art from your soul. Fight like hell."
- [November 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/november-2024-in-photos.md) - A challenge on multiple levels.
- [GCW's "You Wouldn't Understand"](https://www.vjarmy.com/gcw-you-wouldnt-understand.md) - GCW returns to the Roulette.
- [October 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/october-2024.md) - The non-travel parts of October.
- [London, October 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/london-october-2024.md) - The vacation after the vacation.
- [Paris, October 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/paris-october-2024.md) - A week in a shared apartment in Montparnasse.
- [September 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/september-2024.md) - Never forgetting but not really remembering.
- [August 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/august-2024.md) - Your hands are now safe.
- [Childish Gambino: New World Tour](https://www.vjarmy.com/childish-gambino-new-world-tour.md) - My sweet Lithonia, what have you done?
- [July 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/july-2024.md) - Wondering where the time went.
- [Full Implications at 3 AM](https://www.vjarmy.com/full-implications-at-3-am.md) - Clickolding is extremely good and extremely weird and everyone should play it.
- [Amsterdam, July 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/amsterdam-july-2024.md) - Oh, Amsterdam - what a first visit!
- [June 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/june-2024.md) - June photographed.
- [20 Years of Changing Medicine](https://www.vjarmy.com/20-years-of-changing-medicine.md) - I have seen my fingerprints and contributions on things, and I accept that someday they will fade. But for now, I know that I have more to do.
- [April 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/april-2024.md) - Arpil adventures.
- [A Completely Unknown Neighborhood](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-completely-unknown-neighborhood.md) - That weird moment when part of your neighborhood has been a fake West Village movie set.
- [March 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/march-2024.md) - March intermissi.
- [February 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/february-2024.md) - Three conditions must be met.
- [January 2024](https://www.vjarmy.com/january-2024.md) - Call your mom.
- [November 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/november-2023.md) - November to remember.
- [PDX, November 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/pdx-november-2023.md) - An emergency solo vacation to Portland, Oregon.
- [October 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/october-2023.md) - October moments.
- [Goodnight, Ko](https://www.vjarmy.com/goodnight-ko.md) - Our go-to spot for anniversaries, birthdays, new years, job celebrations, people visiting NYC, people leaving NYC, and rainy day meals.
- [September 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/september-2023.md) - Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.
- [All In 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/all-in-2023.md) - I honestly don’t know what caption I can write to do justice for AEW's All In.
- [London, August 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/london-august-2023.md) - Running it back.
- [Ring Those Bells](https://www.vjarmy.com/ring-those-bells.md) - This is just like that song, Pinball Wizard!
- [London, June 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/london-june-2023.md) - Mixed drinks and mischief.
- [Trap Room](https://www.vjarmy.com/trap-room.md) - Seen in Carnegie Hall.
- [Meet Your Heroes](https://www.vjarmy.com/meet-your-heroes.md) - A memorable day at the office.
- [Seattle, 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/seattle-2023.md) - A long weekend in Seattle.
- [Los Angeles, January 2023](https://www.vjarmy.com/los-angeles-january-2023.md) - What is Los Angeles but a never-ending series of backlots and soundstages that you wander between with the people you love?
- [So...](https://www.vjarmy.com/so.md) - On where to find me in a post-Twitter world.
- [Joe Pera Talks To You About Netflix's Questionable Decisions](https://www.vjarmy.com/joe-pera-talks-to-you-about-netflixs-questionable-decisions.md) - "I don’t know what’s to be learned from Jeffrey Dahmer in 2022."
- [The White Cypress Bar](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-white-cypress-bar.md) - "When you reach the end, there are only two things that matter," he whispers as his red pen flutters over the napkin. "The things that you regret. And the things that you are thankful for."
- [Jamie Brooks: "Streaming Services"](https://www.vjarmy.com/jamie-brooks-streaming-services.md) - "You had leverage then. You have none now."
- [My Next Professional Chapter](https://www.vjarmy.com/my-next-professional-chapter.md) - How it started, how it's going.
- [Los Angeles, August 2021](https://www.vjarmy.com/los-angeles-august-2021.md) - We had the conclusion, and I guess that's something.
- [Jacob Kaplan-Moss: "Embrace The Grind"](https://www.vjarmy.com/embrace-the-grind.md) - "If you’re willing to embrace the grind, you can pull off the impossible."
- [Games of 2020: Kentucky Route Zero](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2020-kentucky-route-zero.md) - Kentucky Route Zero is about the roads we travel and the journeys we take together.
- [Games of 2020: Umurangi Generation](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2020-umurangi-generation.md) - In a year of unrest, a game about documenting it.
- [Breaking Traditions](https://www.vjarmy.com/breaking-traditions.md) - Wish we were there, or that you were all here.
- [Games of 2020: Fuser](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2020-fuser.md) - In a year where live music fell silent, a game that kept the beat going.
- [Games of 2020: Hades](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2020-hades.md) - In a year we could not escape, a game about escaping.
- [Games of 2020: Paradise Killer](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2020-paradise-killer.md) - In a year where facts were in question, a game about truth.
- [Pandemic Push/Pull](https://www.vjarmy.com/pandemic-push-pull.md) - Straddling a personal contradiction.
- [The Primary Vivid American Newspaper](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-primary-vivid-american-newspaper.md) - I'm an American newspaper now?
- [This Vicious Crime Wave](https://www.vjarmy.com/this-vicious-crime-wave.md) - What has happened to the city I love?
- [Milestones](https://www.vjarmy.com/milestones.md) - How do you celebrate a “milestone birthday” while the world burns?
- [17.08.27.05.20](https://www.vjarmy.com/17-08-27-05-20.md) - My first commute into the office during lockdown.
- [Abundance](https://www.vjarmy.com/abundance.md) - Floyd Cardoz has passed away from COVID-19.
- [59.11.14.03.2020](https://www.vjarmy.com/59-11-14-03-2020.md) - Let's be lonely together.
- [Ko Booklet 2020](https://www.vjarmy.com/ko-booklet-2020.md) - A compilation of mostly useful and some useless things.
- [08.14.23.02.2020](https://www.vjarmy.com/08-14-23-02-2020.md) - Crossing the Manhattan Bridge.
- [48.09.01.02.2020](https://www.vjarmy.com/48-09-01-02-2020.md) - Spotted early on a Saturday in Jersey City.
- [56.17.16.01.2020](https://www.vjarmy.com/56-17-16-01-2020.md) - Meet the person most responsible for your safety.
- [Introducing Katsu](https://www.vjarmy.com/introducing-katsu.md) - A new member of the family.
- [2019 In Review: Games](https://www.vjarmy.com/2019-in-review-games.md) - Recommending some off-the-wall nonsense.
- [2019 In Review: Movies](https://www.vjarmy.com/2019-in-review-movies.md) - When I think back on the movies of 2019, here are the moments that stand out.
- [Christmas in London, December 2019](https://www.vjarmy.com/christmas-in-london-december-2019.md) - Flaming pud, holiday carnivals, and trivial pursuits.
- [Buttons, 2003 – 2019](https://www.vjarmy.com/buttons-2003-2019.md) - This morning, I had to say goodbye to the cat who changed my life.
- [David Roth on Hearing Yourself Over The Noise](https://www.vjarmy.com/hearing-yourself-over-the-noise.md) - "One of the painful things that comes with hearing your own voice for a living [...] is that you wind up editing yourself very harshly even when you are not really editing."
- [Treya Lam on Remembering Why](https://www.vjarmy.com/remember-why.md) - My friend Treya reflects on the sustainability of being a musician
- [Living Forever](https://www.vjarmy.com/living-forever.md) - "Living forever really means being part of everyone’s most cherished memories"
- [Inexplicable Things I’ve Removed From My Facebook “Advertising Interests”](https://www.vjarmy.com/inexplicable-things-ive-removed-from-my-facebook-advertising-interests.md) - Have you ever looked at your Facebook ad preferences? You should.
- [That’s Reeeeeeeeal Nice](https://www.vjarmy.com/thats-reeeeeeeeal-nice.md) - The weird inside-joke history of the "Turkey Dew".
- [Natasha Lyonne on Imperfections and Differences](https://www.vjarmy.com/imperfections-and-differences.md) - Natasha Lyonne on brokenness.
- [All Things Pass. Only Vision Persists.](https://www.vjarmy.com/all-things-pass-only-vision-persists.md) - What is the appropriate reaction when you discover your words became a small part of history, and maybe influenced the future, for something you hold dear?
- [Punk Flyers Digital Collection at the Cornell Library](https://www.vjarmy.com/punk-flyers-digital-collection-at-the-cornell-library.md) - A neat new addition to the Rare and Manuscript Division collections.
- [Recommended: Ed Scissor](https://www.vjarmy.com/recommended-ed-scissor.md) - Deep in the mystic pit, deeper than I've ever been.
- [The Private Psychedelic Stack](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-private-psychedelic-stack.md) - Learning that Hypercard was inspired by an acid trip.
- [Self Defense Against A Decaying Internet](https://www.vjarmy.com/self-defense-against-a-decaying-internet.md) - In terms of blog neglect, 2018 appears to have been a banner year.
- [The Web is a Flat Circle](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-web-is-a-flat-circle.md) - On building school websites, then and now.
- [2017 in Five Sentences](https://www.vjarmy.com/2017-in-five-sentences.md) - Onward to 2018.
- [The Dickinson Bill Method, v. 2.0](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-dickinson-bill-method-v-2-0.md) - Life’s too short to fight with your friends over money.
- [Gothamist, 2002 – 2017](https://www.vjarmy.com/gothamist-2002-2017.md) - Gothamist changed my life, was a part of my identity, and I ache now that it’s gone.
- [The Fifteenth](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-fifteenth.md) - Fifteen years ago today, I married the love of my life.
- [A Long Weekend In London](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-long-weekend-in-london.md) - We spent a long weekend in England.
- [Remembering The Good Of 2016](https://www.vjarmy.com/remembering-the-good-of-2016.md) - Some personal highlights from the year that was.
- [Loyal To My Sorrowful Country](https://www.vjarmy.com/loyal-to-my-sorrowful-country.md) - So. Here we are again. Back where we started, as though the last eight years not only hadn’t happened but had somehow caused us to backslide.
- [Hunter Rawlings, on Liberal Education](https://www.vjarmy.com/hunter-rawlings-on-liberal-education.md) - "As you have no doubt noticed, many people in the U.S. have lost faith in liberal education."
- [Benching Myself](https://www.vjarmy.com/benching-myself.md) - On leaving the soccer business.
- [The Friend](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-friend.md) - Time to move on.
- [When I Was Done Dying](https://www.vjarmy.com/when-i-was-done-dying.md) - A quick recommendation for Dan Deacon.
- [2014 In Words](https://www.vjarmy.com/2014-in-words.md) - “It’s been a great year! Thanks for being a part of it.”
- [Media Lessons From The King](https://www.vjarmy.com/media-lessons-from-the-king.md) - I won’t claim to “know” Thierry Henry from my three years of sticking a microphone towards his face, but I at least grew to have an understanding of him.
- [Not Cool, Comedy Central](https://www.vjarmy.com/not-cool-comedy-central.md) - What's a little plagiarism among TV networks?
- [Amanda Cohen on Us vs. Them](https://www.vjarmy.com/amanda-cohen-on-us-vs-them.md) - Ruminations on a one-star Yelp review.
- [Losing My Edge](https://www.vjarmy.com/losing-my-edge.md) - I am not the nerd I was when I was 20 years old.
- [Walking In The Sand: Belated Thoughts On Punchdrunk’s “The Drowned Man”](https://www.vjarmy.com/walking-in-the-sand-belated-thoughts-on-punchdrunks-the-drowned-man.md) - The Drowned Man is now closed. You can never go home anymore.
- [Know Your S***](https://www.vjarmy.com/know-your-s.md) - You’re always presenting. You probably just didn’t know it.
- [Cheers to The Dead Rabbit](https://www.vjarmy.com/cheers-to-the-dead-rabbit.md) - Over the last decade, I had not yet found that one place to drink, the bar that feels like home.
- [Moments With Mike](https://www.vjarmy.com/moments-with-mike.md) - It’s a brisk day in March 2011, and I’m in Harrison. And I am terrified.
- [NYC 10: The Best](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-10-the-best.md) - The best things in NYC, as of 2013.
- [NYC 10: The 10 Worst Types Of People In NYC](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-10-the-10-worst-types-of-people-in-nyc.md) - The ten worst archetypes of people, as of 2013.
- [NYC 10: Concerts](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-10-concerts.md) - Some high points and low points of concerts I’ve attended in NYC.
- [NYC 10: Twenty Years Ago, A First Visit](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-10-twenty-years-ago-a-first-visit.md) - NYC is shaped and defined by our memories, even those one would chalk up as innocuous.
- [The Bearded Face Of A Media Villain](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-bearded-face-of-a-media-villain.md) - Sometimes, you don’t know an anecdote is happening until 9 months later.
- [Thanks, Ryan](https://www.vjarmy.com/thanks-ryan.md) - I’m not sure what the gaming industry will be like without Ryan in it, but I hope he inspires more people in it to be more honest, funny, and actually have a good time.
- [A 20 Year Old Gaming Mystery, Solved At Last](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-20-year-old-gaming-mystery-solved-at-last.md) - Finally remembering the name of a game from my childhood.
- [Movement](https://www.vjarmy.com/movement.md) - The inevitable grappling with my childhood home being sold.
- [2012 In Pictures](https://www.vjarmy.com/2012-in-pictures.md) - A year of new challenges, adventures, friends, and adversity.
- [Out Of Sorts](https://www.vjarmy.com/out-of-sorts.md) - On Hurricane Sandy and getting sick.
- [A Good Night For Ghosts: Early Thoughts On Then She Fell](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-good-night-for-ghosts-early-thoughts-on-then-she-fell.md) - Notes from an early preview of Third Rail Productions' "Then She Fell".
- [NYT: “Jersey City, a Love Story”](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyt-jersey-city-a-love-story.md) - "If this is what aging entails, the Village Voice was right."
- [The Tenth](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-tenth.md) - Ten years ago today, I married the love of my life.
- [Trophee Des Champions](https://www.vjarmy.com/trophee-des-champions.md) - A nice photo from the 2012 Trophee Des Champions match.
- [By Popular Request, Nine Years Late: Why I Hate Midnite Blaze](https://www.vjarmy.com/by-popular-request-nine-years-late-why-i-hate-midnite-blaze.md) - "Care to give me a history lesson on your #haterade toward Midnite Blaze?"
- [So, About That “Mugshot”…](https://www.vjarmy.com/so-about-that-mugshot.md) - I will officially be covering the Red Bulls (and other soccer matters) for Gothamist this season.
- [Shut Up And Play The Hits](https://www.vjarmy.com/shut-up-and-play-the-hits.md) - It probably goes without saying that there is no movie I want to see more this year than this one.
- [2011 In Pictures](https://www.vjarmy.com/2011-in-pictures.md) - Not a bad year, all considered.
- [Games of 2011: Sleep No More](https://www.vjarmy.com/games-of-2011-sleep-no-more.md) - Surprise: my Game Of The Year isn't a video game.
- [The Nurse Who Loved Me](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-nurse-who-loved-me.md) - "Please wait here", the nurse whispers softly in my ear, having lead me by the hand to a doorway through a crowd of people.
- [My One Good Steve Jobs Anecdote](https://www.vjarmy.com/my-one-good-steve-jobs-anecdote.md) - I love that thought of Steve: so ready to find ways to rib his team and push them out of their comfort zone.
- [3,653 Days Later](https://www.vjarmy.com/3-653-days-later.md) - Ten years ago, I couldn’t find any words. I’ve found a few for today.
- [Dat Hurricane](https://www.vjarmy.com/dat-hurricane.md) - Dealing with Hurricane Irene.
- [Why Do Things The Easy Way?](https://www.vjarmy.com/why-do-things-the-easy-way.md) - A recommendation for Radio Soulwax.
- [Purple Skies](https://www.vjarmy.com/purple-skies.md) - A photo from the RBNY Legends Game.
- [Anil Dash on Community Moderation](https://www.vjarmy.com/anil-dash-on-community-moderation.md) - A wonderfully named and 100% correct piece on community moderation.
- [The Witch In The Green Dress: Thoughts on Sleep No More](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-witch-in-the-green-dress-thoughts-on-sleep-no-more.md) - I found myself back on the sidewalk of 27th Street, catching my breath, my heart still racing, my mind still spinning.
- [Brian Phillips' "Your Stupid Rage"](https://www.vjarmy.com/brian-phillips-your-stupid-rage.md) - "I am here to save your life, and I’m not kidding."
- [The17, Score 334, “Share”](https://www.vjarmy.com/the17-score-334-share.md) - Imagine waking tomorrow. All music has disappeared.
- [The Lead Story On A Slow News Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-lead-story-on-a-slow-news-day.md) - A snowball fight, the CNN Money homepage, and me.
- [What If There’s Bears?](https://www.vjarmy.com/what-if-theres-bears.md) - Stop planning for doomsday.
- [Fifteen Years of Hacking The Planet](https://www.vjarmy.com/fifteen-years-of-hacking-the-planet.md) - “Turn on your computer. Set it to receive a file.”
- [“LICENSE FEE: TRUCK NUTS PHOTO”](https://www.vjarmy.com/license-fee-truck-nuts-photo.md) - Sometimes I wonder what I did to ensure my life would be so constantly surreal.
- [Now We Are 30](https://www.vjarmy.com/now-we-are-30.md) - This is not how I had intended to spend my thirtieth birthday.
- [All Of Time And Space](https://www.vjarmy.com/all-of-time-and-space.md) - On meeting The Doctor.
- [10 Years](https://www.vjarmy.com/10-years.md) - My blog is ten years old today.
- [A Love Letter To Freeverse](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-love-letter-to-freeverse.md) - Few things in my life have bloomed as much fruit as Freeverse, both while I was there and the years that followed.
- [Tokyo 2010: Finale](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-finale.md) - Suitcases will be unpacked in due time.
- [Tokyo 2010: 26 Hour Party People](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-26-hour-party-people.md) - A blow-by-blow description of what is necessary to get from Shinagawa, Japan to Jersey City, New Jersey.
- [Tokyo 2010: Odd Remainders](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-odd-remainders.md) - An abridged list of strange things encountered.
- [Tokyo 2010: A Scattered Final Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-a-scattered-final-day.md) - Record shopping, mochi pounding, and the Pokemon Center (at last).
- [Tokyo 2010: Fukubukuro](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-fukubukuro.md) - Mystery bags for everyone!
- [Tokyo 2010: Tokyo DisneySea](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2010-tokyo-disneysea.md) - Starting 2010 at Disney.
- [Tokyo 2009: Akihabara Revisited + Marunouchi](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-akihabara-revisited-marunouchi.md) - Ending 2009 in Tokyo.
- [Tokyo 2009: Harajuku + Ikebukuro](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-harajuku-ikebukuro.md) - Day 2 of exploring Tokyo.
- [Tokyo 2009: Cat Room Chamamo](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-cat-room-chamamo.md) - Missing our cat, we visit a cat cafe.
- [Tokyo 2009: Shibuya + Akihabara](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-shibuya-akihabara.md) - Initial explorations of Tokyo.
- [Tokyo 2009: Getting There](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-getting-there.md) - The outbound leg.
- [Tokyo 2009: Prelude](https://www.vjarmy.com/tokyo-2009-prelude.md) - Preparing to travel to Japan.
- [Go Back](https://www.vjarmy.com/go-back.md) - A photo from wandering Jersey City.
- [To Hannah and Jason](https://www.vjarmy.com/to-hannah-and-jason.md) - I am not normally the type to give wedding speeches.
- [You Made Me Realize: APW 2009](https://www.vjarmy.com/you-made-me-realize-apw-2009.md) - Aspirin for your muscles, strong soap for your skin, overnight shipping for your replacement shoes, clean air for your nose, sleep for your stamina, quiet for your ears, and real wireless for your phone.
- [The Tour At Alinea](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-tour-at-alinea.md) - When we were seated, we were warned that The Tour was “a commitment”. Three and a half hours later, we were unable to provide any argument.
- [The Big Dipper Of Mixed Metaphor](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-big-dipper-of-mixed-metaphor.md) - I have been thinking a lot lately about Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty.
- [In Memory of Bruce Prevo](https://www.vjarmy.com/in-memory-of-bruce-prevo.md) - A short memorial.
- [A Promise](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-promise.md) - Consider this a promise.
- [Noir Jersey City](https://www.vjarmy.com/noir-jersey-city.md) - The conditions were right to make a video.
- [Hot Truck Memories](https://www.vjarmy.com/hot-truck-memories.md) - “WGC” still only means one thing to me: Wet Garlic and Cheese.
- [Bucket Of Tears: A Review Of Dance Dance Revolution The Musical](https://www.vjarmy.com/bucket-of-tears-a-review-of-dance-dance-revolution-the-musical.md) - I ingested no alcohol or drugs prior to, during, or after the show. But I wish I had.
- [The Great Release](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-great-release.md) - I write so that I will not – so that I can not – ever forget.
- [The Zen Of SkyMall](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-zen-of-skymall.md) - Every useful nugget of “factual” information from a copy of SkyMall.
- [The Weekend In 5 Pictures](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-weekend-in-5-pictures.md) - We spent a weekend in the Finger Lakes.
- [Demonstrating the Range of Feline Emotion](https://www.vjarmy.com/demonstrating-the-range-of-feline-emotion.md) - Buttons, in the sun.
- [Changing States](https://www.vjarmy.com/changing-states.md) - Adjusting to the new place.
- [Farewell, Astoria](https://www.vjarmy.com/farewell-astoria.md) - Farewell, Astoria. Thank you for everything.
- [Sing When You’re Winning](https://www.vjarmy.com/sing-when-youre-winning.md) - In the 25 years I’ve been gaming, this is the first time I’ve ever won a formal competition.
- [Jersey City, Ho!](https://www.vjarmy.com/jersey-city-ho.md) - We're moving to Jersey City.
- [I Love A (Gay Pride) Parade](https://www.vjarmy.com/i-love-a-gay-pride-parade.md) - Photos from the 39th annual NYC LGBT Pride Day March.
- [Buttons Is A (DJ) Trooper](https://www.vjarmy.com/buttons-is-a-dj-trooper.md) - Our poor cat has been through a lot in the last 48 hours.
- [Momofuku Ko](https://www.vjarmy.com/momofuku-ko.md) - Reflections on my first trip to Momofuku Ko.
- [Mashup: Closer To Business Time](https://www.vjarmy.com/mashup-closer-to-business-time.md) - In one hypothetical hand, I hold an instrumental version of Trent Reznor’s seminal (ha!) single, Closer. The original is directly sexual and raw. It continues to have one of the most familiar refrains in recent musical history – you know, the one about, er, doing things to people like an animal and…
- [1461 Days Ago](https://www.vjarmy.com/1461-days-ago.md) - Remembering the DDRFreak April Fool's Day Massacre of 2004.
- [A Day In Pictures](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-day-in-pictures.md) - Coney Island & bo ssam.
- [An Abridged List Of Sports Miracles](https://www.vjarmy.com/an-abridged-list-of-sports-miracles.md) - March Madness edition.
- [Your name contains a word or phrase that isn’t allowed. Please try again.](https://www.vjarmy.com/your-name-contains-a-word-or-phrase-that-isnt-allowed-please-try-again.md) - To be fair, my name is only inappropriate when I want to show it to other 360 owners – it’s completely allowable when I want to give Microsoft money for, say, my Xbox Live Gold yearly fee, or to buy points. Totally reasonable.
- [One Last 2007 Story](https://www.vjarmy.com/one-last-2007-story.md) - An anecdote to end the year.
- [Doing It Right](https://www.vjarmy.com/doing-it-right.md) - Photos from The Go! Team show in Brooklyn.
- [Last Train To Astroland](https://www.vjarmy.com/last-train-to-astroland.md) - Things will never quite be the same.
- [A Short Marathon Of Marathon Anecdotes](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-short-marathon-of-marathon-anecdotes.md) - A game that’s been a thread in the weaving of my life for the last 15 years.
- [Promotion](https://www.vjarmy.com/promotion.md) - A new role at work.
- [The Jumpty Dance](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-jumpty-dance.md) - On jumpstyle.
- [TaQ at Carnegie Hall](https://www.vjarmy.com/taq-at-carnegie-hall.md) - Today was a special day for Bemani nerds in the NYC area.
- [NYC Pillowfight 2007](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-pillowfight-2007.md) - Photos from the annual NYC pillow fight.
- [VJ Army Thanked In Burning Crusade Manual](https://www.vjarmy.com/vj-army-thanked-in-burning-crusade-manual.md) - How'd a IIDX score tracker end up in a World of Warcraft manual?
- [Singstar Rocks US Is Out](https://www.vjarmy.com/singstar-rocks-us-is-out.md) - High recommendations.
- [The Fifth Horseman Returns: Lamprey Systems Back Online](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-fifth-horseman-returns-lamprey-systems-back-online.md) - I’ve never been so excited to see one web site return online.
- [Astoria Blacked Out!](https://www.vjarmy.com/astoria-blacked-out.md) - Dealing with a summer blackout.
- [Empathy](https://www.vjarmy.com/empathy.md) - A life lesson.
- [Position++](https://www.vjarmy.com/position.md) - A promotion at work.
- [The Auditor](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-auditor.md) - I am already looking forward to the cease and desist letter.
- [Mother’s Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/mothers-day.md) - "I don’t want anything, really. Just remember that it’s Mother’s Day."
- [Eugene Mirman Protest](https://www.vjarmy.com/eugene-mirman-protest.md) - Tonight was the Eugene Mirman protest, put together by Eugene Mirman.
- [Coney Island, Opening Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/coney-island-opening-day.md) - Photos from the playground of the world.
- [And You Thought You Were Going To Summer Camp!](https://www.vjarmy.com/and-you-thought-you-were-going-to-summer-camp.md) - An examination of Konami's 1987 arcade game "Boot Camp".
- [Okay, Seriously, Who The Hell Is This?](https://www.vjarmy.com/okay-seriously-who-the-hell-is-this.md) - One more time with the Bad Boy Bass.
- [Pillowfight NYC](https://www.vjarmy.com/pillowfight-nyc.md) - There was a pillow fight today in Union Square.
- [The Walk To Work](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-walk-to-work.md) - Photowalking to work during the transit strike.
- [This Is The First Day Of My Last Days](https://www.vjarmy.com/this-is-the-first-day-of-my-last-days.md) - In preparation for my first Nine Inch Nails show.
- [Nathan’s Famous Aftermath](https://www.vjarmy.com/nathans-famous-aftermath.md) - A recap of the Nathan's 2005 Hot Dog Eating Competition.
- [San Francisco By The Numbers](https://www.vjarmy.com/san-francisco-by-the-numbers.md) - A recap of the WWDC trip.
- [Notes on the 2005 WWDC Keynote](https://www.vjarmy.com/notes-on-the-2005-wwdc-keynote.md) - Notes from the precise moment Apple shifted to Intel.
- [Two Five](https://www.vjarmy.com/two-five.md) - On turning 25.
- [Gorillaz Q&A](https://www.vjarmy.com/gorillaz-q-a.md) - Recap of a 2005 Q&A with the minds behind the Gorillaz.
- [The 2005 Valentine’s Anecdote](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-2005-valentines-anecdote.md) - A delivery in the lobby.
- [You Must Choose Between Pain Or Drudgery](https://www.vjarmy.com/you-must-choose-between-pain-or-drudgery.md) - Kind of scary, kind of sexy, and tainted by regret.
- [Happy 1 Year Birthday, VJ Army](https://www.vjarmy.com/happy-1-year-birthday-vj-army.md) - Celebrating a year of success running VJ Army.
- [The Snowdown](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-snowdown.md) - Photoblogger snowball fight.
- [Anchorman Premiere](https://www.vjarmy.com/anchorman-premiere.md) - A breathless retelling of a NYC movie premiere.
- [First Day Warm And Fuzzies](https://www.vjarmy.com/first-day-warm-and-fuzzies.md) - First day at WCMC.
- [I Heart The MTR](https://www.vjarmy.com/i-heart-the-mtr.md) - An invitation to a "seminar".
- [Blinded By The Lights](https://www.vjarmy.com/blinded-by-the-lights.md) - I'm leaving Freeverse.
- [Unable To Explain My Way Out Of This One](https://www.vjarmy.com/unable-to-explain-my-way-out-of-this-one.md) - A good birthday weekend.
- [Tatsujin Cat](https://www.vjarmy.com/tatsujin-cat.md) - The legend of dj BTNS.
- [Insert Pac-Man Music Here](https://www.vjarmy.com/insert-pac-man-music-here.md) - Today, we went to PacManhattan.
- [The Museum Of Television & Radio](https://www.vjarmy.com/the-museum-of-television-radio.md) - A first trip to a NYC institution.
- [Quicksilver – A Better OS X In Just 10 Minutes](https://www.vjarmy.com/quicksilver-a-better-os-x-in-just-10-minutes.md) - If you give me 10 minutes and you follow my simple directions, you can go from merely using Mac OS X to owning it.
- [Porn Day Recap](https://www.vjarmy.com/porn-day-recap.md) - Lessons learned for everyone.
- [Email From Pat Kiernan](https://www.vjarmy.com/email-from-pat-kiernan.md) - "We got a good chuckle out of your review of Friday’s newscast..."
- [I Love NY1](https://www.vjarmy.com/i-love-ny1.md) - Professing love for the local news channel.
- [Porn Day](https://www.vjarmy.com/porn-day.md) - How do you QA a kid's web browser? Well...
- [VJ Army 1.0](https://www.vjarmy.com/vj-army-1-0.md) - VJ Army launches.
- [A Very Typical New Years](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-very-typical-new-years.md) - Braving Times Square for our first NYE in NYC.
- [vjarmy.com](https://www.vjarmy.com/bought-vjarmy-com.md) - A domain name is acquired.
- [Holy God](https://www.vjarmy.com/holy-god.md) - A first taste of NYC events.
- [Sapphire Bulletted Updates Of Love](https://www.vjarmy.com/sapphire-bulletted-updates-of-love.md) - The first post, post-NYC move.
- [Holding Pattern](https://www.vjarmy.com/holding-pattern.md) - Two car breakdowns. Yurgle, indeed.
- [Apartment Secured](https://www.vjarmy.com/apartment-secured.md) - Lease signed. Move in a week.
- [Sheesh](https://www.vjarmy.com/sheesh.md) - Burying the lede on a major life change.
- [Reflections On A Year Of Married Life](https://www.vjarmy.com/reflections-on-a-year-of-married-life.md) - Who wouldn’t want a new reason to smile every day?
- [Friday Five](https://www.vjarmy.com/friday-five.md) - "What do you most want to be remembered for?"
- [Promised Cat Pictures](https://www.vjarmy.com/promised-cat-pictures.md) - The poor kitty is pretty worn out after the surgery today…but he’s adapting rapidly. Best of all, he already knows where the litter box is!
- [A New Addition To The Family](https://www.vjarmy.com/a-new-addition-to-the-family.md) - Buttons joins the household.
- [IIDX Progress Page](https://www.vjarmy.com/iidx-progress-page.md) - I set up a web page (that would later become VJ Army).
- [Starting the IIDX trek](https://www.vjarmy.com/starting-the-iidx-trek.md) - Starting my journey playing beatmania IIDX.
- [Massive Update](https://www.vjarmy.com/massive-update.md) - A new job, which feels similar to the old job.
- [STP Concert Log](https://www.vjarmy.com/stp-concert-log.md) - My final show for the Cornell Concert Commission.
- [Questions And Answers About The 10/01/01 Kevin Smith Show](https://www.vjarmy.com/questions-and-answers-about-the-10-01-01-kevin-smith-show.md) - Kevin Smith came to Cornell.
- [... (On 9/11)](https://www.vjarmy.com/dot-dot-dot.md) - Sometimes, there are no words.
- [Show Me Your Energy](https://www.vjarmy.com/show-me-your-energy.md) - I discover Dance Dance Revolution.
- [NYC Trip, Day 5](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-trip-day-5.md) - Day 5: keynote day.
- [NYC Trip, Day 4](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-trip-day-4.md) - Day 4: first visit to Freeverse; dinner with Dad.
- [NYC Trip, Day 3](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-trip-day-3.md) - Day 3: transitioning to NYC.
- [NYC Trip, Day 2](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-trip-day-2.md) - Day 2 of the MWNY trip, this time to Philly.
- [NYC Trip, Day 1](https://www.vjarmy.com/nyc-trip-day-1.md) - Day 1 of a trip to Macworld New York.
- [Welcome to More & Faster 2](https://www.vjarmy.com/welcome-to-more-faster-2.md) - First post.

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